TFS--The Text Formatting System. A Text Formatter Designed to Run under the CP/M Operating System.

Abstract

The Text Formatting System (TFS) described by this document is a utility program which runs on the CP/M operating system, Version 1.4. TFS produces a modified listing of the contents of a CP/M text file either on a floppy disk or on a printer page. TFS is a program which interprets control specifications within the text of the file to be formatted and interprets them to produce the formatted listing. These control specifications instruct TFS to perform operations such as centering, underlining, right justification, starting a paragraph, pagination, and others. Unlike other more conventional formatters, however, TFS constructions make up a quasi-programming language. Facilities are included for MACRO definition and application, looping, insertion of data and commands from disk files and incorporation into the document, and interpretive interaction with the use from the console. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 25, 1980
Accession Number
ADA088217

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